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Rudi Cassini

Rudi Cassini

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
24
Citations
1607
World Ranking
3044
National Ranking
157

Overview

Rudi Cassini is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and has contributed significantly to research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their published work spans various subfields including Parasitology, Ecology, Small Animals, Animal Science and Zoology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientific topics covered in Cassini's research include:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Coccidia and coccidiosis research
  • Parasites and Host Interactions

Frequent publication venues for Cassini's research are:

  • Animals
  • Pathogens
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Parasitology
  • Veterinary Sciences

They have co-authored extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Anna Maurizio
  • Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono
  • Cinzia Tessarin
  • Erica Marchiori
  • Giulia Simonato

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Epidemiological distribution of Echinococcus granulosus s.l. infection in human and domestic animal hosts in European Mediterranean and Balkan countries: A systematic review" (2020) published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Cytauxzoon sp. and Hepatozoon spp. in Domestic Cats: A Preliminary Study in North-Eastern Italy" (2021) published in Pathogens
  • "Epidemiological study on calf diarrhea and coccidiosis in dairy farms in Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia" (2020) published in Irish Veterinary Journal
  • "Control of gastrointestinal helminths in small ruminants to prevent anthelmintic resistance: the Italian experience" (2023) published in Parasitology
  • "Ecotyping of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from Wild Ungulates and Ticks Shows Circulation of Zoonotic Strains in Northeastern Italy" (2021) published in Animals

Best Publications

  • Occurrence and identification of risk areas of Ixodes ricinus-borne pathogens: a cost-effectiveness analysis in north-eastern Italy

    Gioia Capelli;Silvia Ravagnan;Fabrizio Montarsi;Silvia Ciocchetta

  • Canine piroplasmosis in Italy: epidemiological aspects in vertebrate and invertebrate hosts.

    R. Cassini;S. Zanutto;A. Frangipane di Regalbono;S. Gabrielli

  • Epidemiological distribution of Echinococcus granulosus s.l. infection in human and domestic animal hosts in European Mediterranean and Balkan countries: A systematic review.

    Francesca Tamarozzi;Matteo Legnardi;Andrea Fittipaldo;Michele Drigo

  • Risk of canine and human exposure to Dirofilaria immitis infected mosquitoes in endemic areas of Italy

    Gioia Capelli;Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono;Giulia Simonato;Rudi Cassini

  • OCCURRENCE OF LUNGWORMS IN EUROPEAN WILDCATS (FELIS SILVESTRIS SILVESTRIS) OF CENTRAL ITALY.

    Fabrizia Veronesi;Donato Traversa;Elvio Lepri;Giulia Morganti

  • Occurrence of canine and feline extra-intestinal nematodes in key endemic regions of Italy

    Donato Traversa;Simone Morelli;Rudi Cassini;Paolo E. Crisi

  • Copromicroscopic and molecular investigations on intestinal parasites in kenneled dogs

    Giulia Simonato;Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono;Rudi Cassini;Donato Traversa

  • Contamination of Italian parks with canine helminth eggs and health risk perception of the public.

    Giulia Simonato;Rudi Cassini;Simone Morelli;Angela Di Cesare

  • Cytauxzoon sp. and Hepatozoon spp. in Domestic Cats: A Preliminary Study in North-Eastern Italy.

    Marika Grillini;Giulia Simonato;Cinzia Tessarin;Giorgia Dotto

  • Gross and histopathological changes associated with Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior in a kitten.

    Donato Traversa;Mariarita Romanucci;Angela Di Cesare;Daniela Malatesta

  • Control of gastrointestinal helminths in small ruminants to prevent anthelmintic resistance: the Italian experience

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  • Epidemiological study on calf diarrhea and coccidiosis in dairy farms in Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia.

    Habtamu Tamrat;Negesse Mekonnen;Yeshwas Ferede;Rudi Cassini

  • Heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection in a leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) housed in a zoological park in north-eastern Italy.

    Sandro Mazzariol;Rudi Cassini;Laura Voltan;Luca Aresu

  • Zoonotic intestinal parasites and vector-borne pathogens in Italian shelter and kennel dogs

    Donato Traversa;Angela Di Cesare;Giulia Simonato;Rudi Cassini

  • Retrospective study on the occurrence of the feline lungworms Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus spp. in endemic areas of Italy

    Angela Di Cesare;Gabriella Di Francesco;Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono;Claudia Eleni

  • Cardiovascular flukes (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae) in Caretta caretta Linnaeus, 1758 from the Mediterranean Sea.

    Erica Marchiori;Enrico Negrisolo;Rudi Cassini;Luisa Garofalo

  • Eucoleus boehmi infection in red fox (Vulpes vulpes) from Italy.

    Fabrizia Veronesi;Giulia Morganti;Angela di Cesare;Elvio Lepri

  • Epidemiology of Sulcascaris sulcata (Nematoda: Anisakidae) ulcerous gastritis in the Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta caretta )

    Mario Santoro;Erica Marchiori;Doriana Iaccarino;Barbara degli Uberti

  • Detection of Babesia EU1 in Ixodes ricinus ticks in northern Italy.

    Rudi Cassini;Cristina Bonoli;Fabrizio Montarsi;Cinzia Tessarin

  • Prevalence of zoonotic helminths in Italian house dogs.

    Francesco La Torre;Angela Di Cesare;Giulia Simonato;Rudi Cassini

  • Molecular detection of piroplasms in ixodid ticks infesting cattle and sheep in western Oromia, Ethiopia

    Bersissa Kumsa;Bersissa Kumsa;Manuela Signorini;Sori Teshale;Cinzia Tessarin

  • Ecotyping of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from Wild Ungulates and Ticks Shows Circulation of Zoonotic Strains in Northeastern Italy

    Laura Grassi;Giovanni Franzo;Marco Martini;Alessandra Mondin

Frequent Co-Authors

Gioia Capelli
Gioia Capelli Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Donato Traversa
Donato Traversa University of Teramo
Angela Di Cesare
Angela Di Cesare University of Teramo
Raffaella Iorio
Raffaella Iorio University of Teramo
Gabriella Cancrini
Gabriella Cancrini Sapienza University of Rome
Fabrizia Veronesi
Fabrizia Veronesi University of Perugia
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Emmanuel Serrano
Emmanuel Serrano Autonomous University of Barcelona
Giovanni Cattoli
Giovanni Cattoli International Atomic Energy Agency

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